Sailor in the combat deck of the Kriegsmarine submarine

Sailor in the combat cabin of the submarine of the Nazi Kriegsmarine. The photo was most likely made at the very beginning of the military campaign, since the face of the sailor was clean-shaven – in the German submarine fleet there was a tradition of not shaving until returning from a military campaign to the base. In addition, it is interesting that the sailor keeps his hand on the machine telegraph that shows the position of the “Stop Machine” and expects the command from the captain of the submarine.